page_title: Varied sittella
section_title: Behaviour
hierarchical_section_title: Varied sittella / Behaviour
caption_attribution_description: English: Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera) Lacey's Creek, SE Queensland, Australia
context_page_description: The varied sittella is a small, around 10–11 cm long, songbird native to Australia. It is also known as the Australian nuthatch, orange-winged sittella and the barkpecker.
context_section_description: Flocks of these birds forage in trees of all heights, often descending down the trunks in a rather nuthatch-like fashion. Calls are short and rather high-pitched.
caption: Laceys Creek, SE Queensland
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